The Still Life Series: statement
The base imagery for the Still Life Series are found photographs originally created with the intent of documenting and memorializing various hunting excursions. After the process of re-capturing and re-printing the photographs I then paint and draw on the images recontextualizing them in order to explore among other things the dichotomies of violence & beauty, life & death, and hope & despair.
Although this work is cloaked in animal imagery it is meant to speak more about human than animal nature. While the creation of the images stems from personal experiences and emotions it is my hope that they become a more universal allegory for our uncomfortable relationship with nature, as well as relationships with each other and ourselves.